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I am in the middle of working on a campaign around the 2nd South Staffords - basically the first glider regiment of the war. One problem that I have been having is uncovering information concerning a unit that fought in Operation Ladbroke - that being the Brigade Defense Platoon. I have been sofar unable to find anything out about this unit, and I have to admit that i have never even heard of such a formation in the British Army.

Has anyone have any info about this matter? Any help would be most appreciated.

[Edit] What I have uncovered is that a defense platoon, sometimes called an HQ Defense Platoon was attached to the brigade HQ but I have no idea exactly the platoon typically was made up of.

In the British Divisions:
The Defence/Employment Platoon was an oversized platoon of 5 sections (1 officer & 60 men). One part of it was a standard infantry platoon (3 LMGs) for defense against enemy raids, and the other part was employed as security for senior officers of the brigade.

In the British Brigades:
The Defence Platoon was similar to a regular infantry platoon, and employed for local security.

Cool, thanks FlashfyreSP for the help! I looked online for two days and could not find any thing out.

ORIGINAL: brucha

Cool, thanks FlashfyreSP for the help! I looked online for two days and could not find any thing out.

You forgot to set your default search engine to "FlashfyreSP's brain". It's all up there [;)]

Good luck on your campaign, brucha! We look forward to playing it [:)]

ORIGINAL: brucha

Cool, thanks FlashfyreSP for the help! I looked online for two days and could not find any thing out.

Info comes from The British Armies in World War Two: An Organisational History, Volume Two. Polish, Australian, Canadian, South African and Indian Armoured and Cavalry Divisions; British Regular Infantry Divisions.
A 9-volume set, available from The Nafziger Collection.
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